After Rouge and Sting heard my life they were left speechless. My life had been filled with one more painful thing after another. Sting then did something that shocked us both. He stood up and bowed at me.

"I'm sorry for hurting you. I swear I will never do it again." He said bowing deeply. I couldn't help but smile.

"It's okay Sting. I've been through many beatings so I'm use to the pain. Besides I know you were holding back. So it didn't hurt so much." I said and he looked at me.

"But you were coughing up blood. I thought that I really hurt you." He said and I pulled up my shirt. It revealed bandages wrapped around my stomach.

"I was injured a few days ago. The wound only opened, your hit cause some of it to come up to my mouth. It's okay I'm perfectly fine now." I said smiling and Sting still felt bad.

"But still I can't forgive myself." He said and Rouge looked at him with a shocked looked in his face.

"I never thought I'd hear you say something like that." Rouge said. We both started laughing. "Ara how are you feeling?" Rouge asked me and I smiled.

"I'm feeling better." I said. Rouge reached out his hand towards me. I took his hand and he helped me out if he bed. "Where are we going?" I asked and he guided me out of the room.

"To talk to the master." He said leading me down the hall. "He maybe big and scary looking but I believe that he's going to get you join. Your friends haven't join yet because they wanted to wait until you woke up." Rouge said and leading me to a room. He knocked on the door. "Master it's Rouge and I have someone that wants to join the guild." He said and we heard a voice on the other side of the door.

"Come in." His voice was deep and sounded like he was a very big guy. I was right. We walked in and Rouge stayed with me. "Why are you still here? Leave so we can talk." He said and Rouge get go of me, he left the room. "So you want to join my guild? What powers do you have?" He asked.

"Dark magic. I'm also part dragon." I kept it short and sweet. I didn't want to waste our time. He thought about t for a moment then spoke.

"Alright but I'm going to have you with a team." He said but I needed to tell him about the others.

"Excuse me but there are two more people that want to join with me." I said and he looked up at me. "Their names are Apepon and Jonathan. They both are powerful and I'm sure that they can be of use to you." I said and he laid his hand on his chin.

"Fine but I will still have you in a group. Probably Rouge since you seem to know him." He said and I nodded my head. "Where do you want your mark and what color?" He asked and I thought about it.

"Black here." I said pointing at left arm. Right below my shoulder, he stamped me.

"Okay you come back in here." He said and Rouge opened the door. Was he waiting outside the door the whole time? "She will be joining your team. Make sure that Sting doesn't do his usually stupid thinking." He said and Rouge nodded his head. Rouge lead me out and called out for Apepon and Jonathan to come to his office.

"So let me see." He said turning me. He looked at my mark then softly slide his finger over it. "It looks good on you." He said and I could see a slight smile.

"Thank you Rouge." I said and he started to blush. He looked away and I smiled. We heard Apepon and Jonathan coming up the stairs. They saw me and freaked out.

"Oh my dear. I'm so happy that your okay." Jonathan said hugging me. Apepon started crying, he couldn't even speak. I hugged them both tightly. They went inside masters office as Rouge and I walked down the stairs. There Sting was sitting with Frosch and another exceed.

"Hey Ara. Wow look at your mark, black really is your color." Sting said smiling. "This is Lector. My best buddy." He said and Lector smiled. I smiled back and sat down, Frosch came over and sat on my lap. "So your part of Sabertooth now. I wonder what will happen now." Sting was said and then he stood up. "I got it! Let's go on a job to welcome you." He said smiling and I looked at Rouge, he smiled. I nodded me head and Sting was happy. "Okay come on Lector, let's go and find the perfect job for us." He said and they left. I smiled at them both.

"To think that he wanted to fight me only a few hours ago." I said and Rouge signed.

"Yes Sting can change his emotions very fast." Rouge said taking Frosch off of my lap. "Everything will be fine now." He said and I smiled. That's when at the same time all four of my friends came running over to us. Sting and Lector on the left, Apepon and Jonathan on the right. Both were running to fast to stop. They crashed right into the table.

CRASH

Sting was under Apepon and Jonathan was on top of Apepon. I looked and saw that I was off the ground. Rouge had picked me up and moved me and Frosch away from the dog pile. The boys separated themselves and sat back. Jonathan took the paper and smiled.

"Looks like we have a job to do." He said holding it up. We all started laughing. Rouge and I stated blushing as he put me down. I walked over and took the paper.

"Well what are we waiting for." I said and all seven of us left the guild to do the job.